District Honors 2 Area Scouters at Ninth Annual Dinner
Curtis L. Thomas of Franklin and Richard M. Brodbeck of Chautauqua received the President’s Award at the Pokey Griffith District Fellowship Dinner held in the Carlisle High School cafeteria. Thomas chairs the district Camping Committee and is active in training and Order of the Arrow work. Brodbeck has served as cubmaster and district leader trainer and is a member of the Order of the Arrow. Judge Benjamin Schwartz spoke on the human touch and challenged scouters to reach more underprivileged boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis L. Thomas
Richard M. Brodbeck
Carlisle
Thomas
Dixie Highway
Franklin
Griffith
Middletown
R. W. Young
Council
Charles Knepshield
Benjamin Schwartz
Juvenile Court
Hamilton County
Boat owner trims bow to dodge Michigan length tax
In Lansing a Great Lakes water craft owner faced a $5 plate tax for boats 16 feet or longer. The owner wrote to Secretary James Hare claiming to reduce the boat to 15 feet 11 inches by removing one inch from the bow to avoid the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing, Mich
Great Lakes
James Hare
Milk price hike not universal in Middletown area
A local survey found only one Middletown outlet with higher milk prices. United Dairy Farmers raised milk to 38 cents per gallon, while other stores did not report increases. Some Cincinnati shops reportedly considered price hikes, and home delivery dairies did not raise per unit charges on creams or cottage cheese.
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Middletown
United Dairy Farmers
Cincinnati
Civic Association Solicitors Briefed at Breakfast Meeting
Tom Venable as guest speaker gave a history of the Civic Association and explained its use. After breakfast the solicitors toured the Civic Association and Doty House.
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Civic Association
Motor Inn
Tom Venable
Doty House
Traffic methods lauded as Middletown judge cited by ABA
Municipal Judge J T Lamb received a plaque from the Middletown Area Safety Council for traffic court improvements over the past year. The ABA traffic court committee letter praised his inventory based on court handling of traffic cases. Lamb noted ongoing resistance to two recommended changes and explained the affidavit system used in citations. Fire Prevention Week will begin Oct 4 with a parade featuring at least 66 units.
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J. T. Lamb
Middletown Area Safety Council
J. F. Seibold
American Bar Association
Committee On
ABA
Lamb
Bond Issue Easy Winner in Franklin Voters Approve New Schools
Franklin voters narrowly approve a 1.595 million bond to fund a 1 000 student high school and a new elementary school in the Pennyroyal area. Unofficial totals show 1507 for and 820 against with three prior rejections noted. Groundbreaking planned for spring 1966 and completion by fall 1967 as state aid of 1 317 529 is expected.
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Jim Guthrie
Franklin
de Witt Terry
Franklin High School
John Shorts
Terry
Pennyroyal
Sharts
Zone Board Backs Breiel Change and Rejects Two Other Requests
The planning commission recommended with one zone change in favor behind Gideon Road Church of Christ moving from B-1 to B-1 to serve commercial use near Elite Ice Cream and a nearby lot owned by Citizens Building & Loan. It also urged against restoring R-1 to R-2 on 15 acres north of Vannest Avenue and south of Miller Road, and advised against B-1 zoning for Crawford Street between Hill and South Avenues due to planned embankment and access issues.
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City Planning Commission
City Commission
S. Breiel Boulevard
Gideon Road
Church of Christ
T. C. Benseler
Citizens Building & Loan Association
Erle Hanson
Citizens
Buford Chandler
S. Breiel ‘Boulevard
Benseler
Vannest Avenue
Miller Road
John C. Brown
Terrace Hills, Inc
Brown
Crawford Street
Hill
South Avenues
Roosevelt Avenue
South Avenue
Armco Steel Corp
Iyccidentil
Hearings Set In Annexations for Middletown
Public hearings on two annexation requests to Middletown are scheduled for Nov 16 at 11:00 and 11:15 a.m. by Butler County Commissioners. The two tracts total 73 452 acres south of Oxford State Road and surrounded by the city. R W Ellis seeks 10.32 acres and Estill Marshall seeks 63.132 acres on Oxford State Road. Signatures of all six resident freeholders reportedly appear on the petitions. The Ellis petition hearing at 11:00 a.m. opens the sessions in the commissioners' offices in Hamilton.
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Middletown
Butler County
Oxford State Road
R. W. Ellis
Estill Marshall
Ellis
Commissioners’ Offices
Hamilton
Y' Workers Set Meeting for Membership Campaign
Key workers in the YMCA will hold their first supper report meeting in the Y auditorium at 6 15 tomorrow evening. The goal is 2400 new and renewal memberships with Ray Melampy of Armco as general chairman and Roger B Turrell as associate chairman.
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YMCA
Ray Melampy
Armco
Roger B. Turrell
Butler County Dog Attacks Injure Two People
Butler County sheriff reports two family pets bit two people yesterday. Bobby Banks, 27, of 3116 Navaho St., treated at Middletown Hospital for a monkey bite on his left hand after playing with the pet. Sadie Ratliff, 45, of 5050 Liberty Fairfield Road, treated at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton for a dog bite on the left knee. She said the dog was a family pet.
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Butler County Sheriff's Office
Bobby Banks
Navaho St
Middletown Hospital
Ronald Parsley
Sadie Ratliff
Liberty- Fairfield Road
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Lightning Strikes Middletown Home Injuring Property
Firefighters responded to a lightning strike at 12 22 a m on Heinkel Road striking Victor Anvil s home 122 N Heinkel Rd outside damages included roof chimney flashing rafters and a kitchen light fixture and a radio inside. No damage estimate reported.
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Victor Anvil
N. Heinkel Road
Warren County bonds fund new high schools and expansions
Voters in three Warren County districts approved bond issues to fund two new high schools, renovations at existing schools, and two new elementary schools. Franklin approved 1.595 million dollars for a high school and elementaries, Mason 520 thousand for expansions, and Wayne Local 665 thousand for a new 500 student high school next to the current facility. State aid totals 822,524 for Wayne and 530,000 for Mason.
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Warren County
Franklin
Mason
Wayne Local
Waynesville
Peaches on asoline trucks ground static
A fragment notes peaches on gasoline trucks causing static through friction. The detail is sparse with limited context and no clear event or entity beyond the described items.
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Everett Sherron
Thomas Thomas
John Moore
Raymond Young
Curtis Thomas
Richard Brodbeck
City Court
By Carl Thomas
Marvin Shane
Judge Lamb
Franklin Schools
Harbach
City Wuneen
Montgomery
City Southeast
City Middle
Breiel
Planning Commission
Terrace Hills
Ray F. Witte
Victor Andre
Signa
Commission
Heinkel Road
Warren
Mason Heights
Direct Furniture & Mattress CO
Cerves
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